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Performed by Philippe with actress Vanessa Redgrave, bass-baritone Laurent Naouri, pianist Guillame de Chassy, and directed by Nina Brazier,聽A Song of Good and Evil聽is, according to Philippe himself, 鈥渁 very personal exploration of the origins of modern humans rights law鈥�.

It tells the stories of three men at the heart of the Nuremberg trials: the Cambridge academic Hersch Lauterpacht, prosecutor Raphael Lemkin, and the defendant, Hitler鈥檚 lawyer, Hans Frank, uncovering the connections and conflict between them through the passion for music they shared.

After exploring the archives and personal correspondence of the three men during the research for a book about his own family, Philippe came across a startling coincidence: both Lauterpacht and Frank sought relief from the trial in the music of the St Matthew Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach.

Speaking to Kirsty Lang on聽, Philippe explains: 鈥淎ll of a sudden, the light started blinking. How could it be that the prosecutor and the defendant, in the same room, found solace in the same musical space?鈥�

Through his research, Philippe also discovered another strange connection between the three men, and indeed himself: the city of now known as Lviv.

Briefly occupied by Ukraine, Poland, Germany and the Soviet Union since the end of the First World War, the city was known as Lemberg, Lw贸w, L鈥檝ov as well as Lviv.

Philippe鈥檚 maternal grandfather was born there and Lauterpacht grew up in the city, while his colleague, Lemkin studied at its university during 1920s. Frank meanwhile, had visited Lviv 鈥� then known as Lemberg 鈥� in 1944 to announce that the so-called 鈥楯ewish problem鈥� was about to be solved.

鈥淭he people swept up in what he [Frank] announces are the families of Lauterpacht and Lemkin,鈥� Philippe continues.

鈥淪o the city of Lemberg, Lw贸w, Lviv, plays a very central role in the whole story, and of course it鈥檚 a very important city today, because it鈥檚 the home of Ukrainian nationalism.鈥�

Combining narrative, images and music,聽A Song of Good and Evil聽also reflects the philosophical debate about the concepts of crimes against humanity and genocide, and the differing views between the two Nuremberg prosecutors.

Following its London premier,聽A Song of Good and Evil聽will be performed in Stockholm on 14 January 2015, Nuremberg in June, and Montauban in November. Philippe Sands鈥檚 new book will be published by聽聽in 2016, and his film, made by Wildgaze with聽, will be released next year.

More about聽A Song of Good and Evil

Interview with Ed Vulliamy in聽

Interview with Matthew Reisz in聽

Interview with Kirsty Lang on聽

Interview with Sean Rafferty on聽

Interview with Fergus Nichol on聽